OFA Events Calendar

AEP Workshop: Dossier Preparation for PTK

Intended for any Professional-track faculty member with predominant responsibilities in the instructional domain. This workshop will summarize how PTK promotion cases are reviewed at the campus level, discuss the materials faculty should be preparing for a promotion dossier; and address questions about how PTK faculty should present different types of activities in their dossiers. Discussion and questions throughout the workshops are welcomed and encouraged.

The session will be hosted by Jennifer Wallace, Associate Director for Faculty Initiatives, Office of Faculty Affairs; and Umai Habibah, Program Manager, Office of Faculty Affairs.

This event is open only to faculty and staff at the University of Maryland. If you require accommodations, please email us or call 301.405.6803.

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture: Light Entertainment: How We Make Photons Work for Us

Professor John Fourkas, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Institute for Physical Science and Technology

This lecture is the fourth of seven Distinguished Scholar-Teacher (DST) Lectures occurring this Fall. These public presentations feature topics related to the research interests of the award recipients.

Center for Community Engagement Course Design Workshops, Fall 2026

Reflection: Deeper Learning From Community Engagement

Not all experiences produce learning. This session digs into the theory and practice behind facilitating the reflection that produces real learning rather than a retelling of events. We will review models for discussion-based reflection as well as well-structured reflection assignments, complete with rubrics and formats for fair grading and assessment. You will leave with strategies for designing reflection before, during, and after the community experience, and for facilitating the classroom discussions that reflection depends on.

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ADVANCE Workshop: Department Approaches to Faculty Mentoring

This workshop will focus on ways that departments embed faculty mentoring into their plans to support faculty growth and advancement.

Speakers:

Monique Koppel, Principal Lecturer, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Wayne Lutters, Professor & Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Information

Yueming 'Lucy' Qiu, Professor & Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs, School of Public Policy

 

ADVANCE Series: Navigating Service Demands? Let’s Talk.

Social science research shows that faculty of color often encounter heavy service loads that can take time away from research, teaching, and/or other duties more commonly rewarded in academe (Domingo et al., 2022; Guillaume & Apodaco, 2022; Griffin et al., 2013). In this interactive panel, UMD faculty will discuss their approach to navigating service. 

Speakers: TBA

Center for Community Engagement Course Design Workshops, Fall 2026

Preparing Students to Succeed: Scaffolding for Community Engagement

This session applies the “backward course design” approach to a community engaged course in order to align student learning activities, assessments, learning goals, and your community partner's needs. By finding the right balance between challenge and support, a well-designed course prepares students to do their best work, from entering the community respectfully to producing truly useful deliverables for the community partner.

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Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture: Freedom, the Fine Print, and the Future of Work

Professor Evan Starr, Robert H. Smith School of Business

This lecture is the fifth of seven Distinguished Scholar-Teacher (DST) Lectures occurring this Fall. These public presentations feature topics related to the research interests of the award recipients.

Reception to follow. 

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture: Building Tomorrow’s Highways from Yesterday’s Waste: Engineering Greener and More Resilient Transportation Networks

Professor Ahmet Aydilek, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

This lecture is the sixth of seven Distinguished Scholar-Teacher (DST) Lectures occurring this Fall. These public presentations feature topics related to the research interests of the award recipients.

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture: The World Turned Upside Down: A Global History of the American Revolution

Professor Richard Bell, Department of History

This lecture is the final Distinguished Scholar-Teacher (DST) Lecture occurring this Fall. These public presentations feature topics related to the research interests of the award recipients.

APT Workshop: Promotion and Tenure

Intended for assistant professors, this workshop emphasizes the overall APT process and general considerations. Discussion and questions throughout the workshop are welcomed and encouraged.

This event is open only to faculty and staff at the University of Maryland. If you require special accommodations, please email us or call 301.405.6803.

APT Workshop: Promotion to Full

This workshop focuses on tenured faculty seeking promotion to full professor, emphasizing considerations for the promotion process, expectations of APT committees, and what the University committee looks for in an APT package.

This event is only for faculty and staff at the University of Maryland. If you require accommodations, please email us or call 301.405.6803.